Stories
- Article
Birth, babies and boxes of memories
With memories of her baby in neonatal intensive care still fresh, Erin Beeston decides to unearth the poignant objects her family kept following births, going back as far as Victorian times.
- In pictures
When civilisation made people sick
Sickness from nervous exhaustion is not a new thing. Over a hundred years ago, neurasthenia afflicted society’s ‘brain-workers’.
- Article
Dazzling luxury
As the 20th century dawned, both elite and masses basked in the marvellous and unearthly glow of the new electric illumination.
- Article
The enduring myth of the mad genius
There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries
Date: late 19th CenturyReference: MS.7294/1Part of: London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries
Date: 1897Reference: MS.7294/2Part of: London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries
Date: 1931Reference: MS.7294/3Part of: London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
Royer, A., Dr. (fl.19th or 20th century)
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7548/131Part of: Miscellaneous: French, 19th-20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
Dr. Tholdy (fl. 19th-20th century)
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7741/22Part of: Miscellany: French, 18th-20th centuries